King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Teiji Dachi

T-stance – a Karate stance

Type
Stances
Martial arts
Karate
Japanese
丁字立
Meaning
T-stance
Listed in
Stances (Shotokan karate), Sidewise high stances (karate stances)

Kanji in 丁字立

street, ward, town
on: チョウ、テイ、チン、トウ
kun: ひのと
2 strokes · JLPT 1
character, letter, word
on: ジ
kun: あざ、あざな、-な
6 strokes · JLPT 3
stand up, rise, set up
on: リツ、リュウ、リットル
kun: た.つ、-た.つ、た.ち-、た.てる
5 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Karate stances

Japanese terms for stances

TermReadingMeaning
大上段daijoudanholding a sword above one's head (kendo posture)
二枚腰nimaigoshiposture in which the legs are firmly planted (in sumo and judo)
死に体shinitailosing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover
変わり身kawarimichange of attitude (stance, position)
騎馬立ちkibadachihorse stance

; kanji data KANJIDIC2 and KanjiVG. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.